To brune Øine | To brune Øjne | To brune Øjne jeg nylig så

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

To brune Øjne jeg nylig så

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER ITA

To brune Øjne jeg nylig så
I dem mit Hjem og min Verden lå.
Der flammed' Snillet og Barnets Fred;
Jeg glemmer dem aldrig i Evighed!

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Text Authorship:

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "To brune Øine", written 1831, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer, in Hjertets Melodier, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "To brune Øjne", from Five Danish Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "To brune Øjne", op. 5 no. 1 (1864-1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Hjertets melodier, no. 1, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "To brune Øjne", published 1888? [ voice and piano ], from New Albums of Songs with German and English Words, Volume 2, no. 3, London: Pitt & Hatzfeld, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maude Valérie White.

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